Assemblage 23, PurgatoryWatch the world pass
Through broken glass
And wonder what went wrong

Monuments fall
On shattered walls
We once believed so strong

Our false beliefs
Are merely thieves
That steal our precious time

Covenant, Call The Ships To PortA thousand generations
The soil on which we walk
A mountain of mistakes
For us to climb for pleasure

A hundred clocks are ticking
The line becomes a circle
Spin the wheel of fortune
Or learn to navigate

Culture Kultur, EngelTake me to another land
Where men are strong
And there's no holy word

Awake me in another land
Where men are bold
And there's no need for god

It's time for us to go beyond you
It's time for us to reach what we deserve
Nothing will bring us on our knees again
Nothing will make us die for an image

Imperative Reaction, SalvationStitching threads of truth into the emptiest deception
To bleed the open scabs once more and multiply obsession
Intangible seduction and a manufactured dream
Faith is what is hoped for but heaven isn't free

Kalafina, MagiaSomeday the light of love you lit within your eyes
will transcend time,
and surely destroy one of the dreams
of a world racing towards destruction.

Now that you've drunk dry your doubts,
what do you desire?
Will there be a fleeting tomorrow
at the end of this path of selfish yearning?

VNV Nation, FurtherAt the end of days, at the end of time
When the sun burns out will any of this matter?
Who will be there to remember who we were?
Who will be there to know that any of this had meaning for us?

And in retrospect I'll say we've done no wrong
Who are we to judge what's right and what has purpose for us?
With designs upon ourselves to do no wrong,
Running wild unaware of what might come of us

VNV Nation, TestamentAnd I'm not the only one who thinks we're trying to say
To the heavens and all who hear us: Behold all we have made!
We bring destruction, we bring war without an end
And then we live in hope that tomorrow never comes
That it never comes…

We conquer paradise just to burn it to the ground
And we build a future to honour pasts we've left behind
We bring destruction, we bring war without an end
And then we hope that tomorrow never comes
That it never comes…

VNV Nation, Tomorrow Never ComesHeaven help us, we've lost control
This should be our finest hour
But we're racing towards the end of days
Pulling back from the brink despite our best efforts
The volume increases and the beat goes on
All the players marching to a different drum
The rhythm of the war dance
The beat goes on

What will become of us?
If there's no one to watch over us?
If we should face the certainty of our destruction
Forfeiting everything
Pointless cries
futile dreams
There'll be no laughter
There'll be no tears
When tomorrow never comes

VNV Nation, JoyHave I no control, is my soul not mine?
Am I not just man, destiny defined?
Never to be ruled nor held to heel
Not heaven or hell, just the land between

Am I not man, does my heart not bleed?
No lord, no God, no hate,
No pity, no pain, just me
Comprehend and countermand
Synchronous guidance, I choose my way
Never to be ruled nor held to heel
No heaven or hell, just the land between
And am I not man?

So why do I love when I still feel pain?
When does it end, when is my work done?
Why am I lone and why do I feel that
I carry a sword through a battlefield?
So why do I love when I still feel pain?
When does it end, when is my work done?
Why do I fight and why do I feel that
I carry a sword, that I carry a sword?

Theatre of Tragedy, Beauty in DeconstructionRe-form perfect symmetry
And give us dis-concord
Find a place to be now
To a-view the beauty of deconstruction
In a surplus of noise that no one hears
Where silence surrounds us

Idyllic translation
From quiet to noise
In every city street made of steel and concrete
Passing adjoining buildings that fall apart
Forever sincere
Remind me of these times

All features shattered
Slightly off-key
Scattered and forgotten
The patterns vividly deformed

the Smashing Pumpkins, the Beginning Is The End Is The BeginningDelivered from the blast
The last of a line of lasts
The pale princess of a palace cracked
And now the kingdom comes
Crashing down undone
And I am a master of a nothing place
Of recoil and grace

Is it bright where you are
Have the people changed
Does it make you happy you're so strange
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
We can watch the world devoured in it's pain

Time has stopped before us
The sky cannot ignore us
No one can separate us
For we are all that is left
The echo bounces off me
The shadow lost beside me
There's no more need to pretend
Cause now I can begin again

A Covenant of Thorns, I'll See The StarsI've seen the world end
Time and time again
Stood and watched the walls come down
Watched the cities burned to the ground

And when all is said and done
I know I'm not the only one
Left wanting something else
Wanting something more than this

We can sever all our useless ties
All you have to do is say you'll go
I can see the flames dance in your eyes
We can have it all please don't say no

VNV Nation, Kingdom (Restoration)Our domain, this kingdom come
Now godless lands whose ways are lost.
Without the strength to carry on.
All values lost, all virtue none.
Did you think you'd be saved
By burning flags to cleanse yourselves of shame?
Or are you afraid, are you afraid,
As you stare back at your face?
Or are you ashamed, are you afraid,
By destroying what the gods once gave?
Do you think that you'll be saved?
Do you think that you'll be saved?

And I believe that we'll conceive
To make in hell for us a heaven.
A brave new world.
A promised land.
A fortitude of hearts and minds.
Until I see this kingdom's mine,
I'll turn the darkness into light.
I'll guide the blind.
My will be done until the day
I see our kingdom has been won.

Aya Ishihara, ResetInside of the darkness of the heart
In the seemingly imitative town
Although the lie has been seen through,
I still cling to those affectionate words

The world reflects in gray
It passes fleetingly
Just feeling despair
Destroy the distorted mirage
Delete all of the world to do over again

Nightwish, Planet HellMy only wish to leave behind
All the days of the Earth
An everyday hell of my kingdom come

The first rock thrown again
Welcome to hell, little Saint
Mother Gaia in slaughter
Welcome to paradise, Soldier

My first cry neverending
All life is to fear for life
You fool, you wanderer
You challenged the gods and lost

KMFDM, TrustTake what you're being given
Make your stand
'Coz the life that you're living
May soon come to an end

Do what you can
What you want
What you must
Feel the hunger inside
Hold on to your trust

Lacuna Coil, StarsIs it asking too much to be given time
To know these songs and to sing them?
Is it asking too much of my vacant smile
And my laugh and lies that bring them?

As the stars are going out
And this stage is full of nothing
And the friends have all but gone
For my life, my God, I'm singing

PCs

Night

Hatsune Miku, Torinoko CityThe point where the past and future intersect
A location where I have lost my destination
What is your hypothesis on why you live?
Within 100 words tell it to me

I watch the break of day pass faster than ever before
I try to keep my balance straight but I just fall again

It seems like I've been left behind once again by myself
In a world without sound
In a world where nothing is real
Disposing worthless garbage is really not that hard, you know
It doesn't need two people, I can do it myself

Kagamine Len, ParadichlorobenzeneI hate rules
I just don't want to be held down
So I run away
Forgetting everything around me
I hate to be told what to do
I want to be a little wicked
I slip out of my house in the middle of the night
And run through the town
"Why am I alive? What's my purpose?"
I asked a stray cat
The cat said nothing in reply,
Just looked at me through spiteful eyes
I drank up some coffee that I couldn't stand to drink
And looked up at the clouded sky
'What am I capable of right now?'
I don't even know that much

Shousei

Bel Canto, A Shoulder To The WheelFind the broken pieces and then start a new
You make yourself believe that you did something right

You're denying your only wish
By forgetting your promises
Once and for all
Once and for ever more

Assemblage 23, Rain Falls DownAs we sleep, so shall we wake
The shocking clarity revealed
As if a veil was somehow lifted
Disclosing what it once concealed

Rain falls down

As we rise, so must we fall
Like gravity, fate reigns us in
The story always ends the same
Over before it can begin

Rain falls down

Covenant, FigureheadWe want so hard to be true
And claim the right to be good
And yet we never seem to know
How to reach promised lands

We work so hard to be wise
And dream of light to be pure
We need brighter death to grow
The clean touch of virgin hands

VNV Nation, Darkangel (Azrael)In your dream you see me clear
I have no restraint, no fear
Powerless I watched from faces I'd assumed
My purpose set, my will defined:
Caress the air, embrace the skies
Escape the sorrow and restraint of mortal cities

Give me time I will be clear
Given time you'll understand
What possesses me to right what you have suffered

Masaru

Covenant, Tabula RasaI’m waiting for the rain to fall for days
I’m longing for the flood to sweep this all away

To grind the mountains to the level of the valleys
To cut the trees to the level of the grass
To asphalt the land in the name of equality
Let us grow in mutual respect and care

I will transgress laws and change the orders
To live within an environment of my choice
So don’t force your will or taste to rule over mine
Don’t stand in the shadow of my hammer

Mindless Self-Indulgence, BitchesBitches love me 'cause they know that I can rock
Bitches love me 'cause they know that I can rhyme
Bitches love me 'cause they know that I can fuck
Bitches love me 'cause they know that I'm on time
Throughout the projects
Throughout the projects
Throughout the projects

Done
Done
This is how it should be done
This is how it should be done
This style, style, style, done

Motoi Sakuraba, Dancing Without Malice or Mercyinstrumental

Maroon 5, Moves Like JaggerTake me by the tongue
And I'll know you
Kiss me 'til you're drunk
And I'll show you

All the moves like Jagger
I've got the moves like Jagger
I've got the moves like Jagger

I don't need to try to control you
Look into my eyes and I'll own you

Haujobb, Renegades of NoizeWe will cut off your supply
Hi-jack your masterminds
Return to realtime
We will sing the world to sleep
Very very deep

Haujobb, Dead MarketContact and rupture
Unlike a pulse
Law of repetition
We will always follow

Identity is safe
The content is nothing
Deconstruction of form
We will always follow

Manipulate the pulse, the pattern, the rhythm
Dominate the beat
Manipulate the pulse, the pattern, the beat
Dominate the world

Desire remains
Discharge of pleasure
Absence of contact
We will always follow

Michael

Sia, Breathe MeOuch, I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found
Yeah, I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Lacuna Coil, Veins of GlassWho is that really dies when all the people look at me?
And I'm twisting my fingers in my hair
While a mirror reflects me

Now I'm digging to the bone
All the painting
Scratching at flesh, drives me mad
To be alive
Now I'm digging to the bone
All the painting
Scratching at flesh, drives me mad
To be alive and free

These ghosts I keep inside
Shards of glass in my veins
Release me from myself, release
From my duality

Lifehouse, SimonLocked inside
The only place
Where you feel sheltered,
Where you feel safe.
You lost yourself
In your search to find
Something else to hide behind.

The fearful always preyed upon your confidence.
Did they see the consequence,
when they pushed you around?
The arrogant build kingdoms made of the different ones,
Breaking them 'til they've become just another crown.

Tori Amos, GirlAnd in the mist there she rides
And castles are burning in my heart
And as I twist I hold tight
And I ride to work every morning wondering why
"Sit in the chair and be good now"
Oh and become all that they told you
The white coats enter her room
And I'm calling my baby, calling my baby, calling my baby, calling

Everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her own
Everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her own
Everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her own

Nier OST, Song of the Ancients/Fateinstrumental

Tapping The Vein, ButterflyI'd be
Anything, anything other than
The things I have been
I slip out of my skin
So I don't have to do it again
But just a passing thought
And your filth is seeping in

Come scrub my hands
They won't come clean
Come sit with me
While the walls press in on me
Shut off that light
Shame on you, shame on me

Come see the blood that's in my bed
Come hear the things
That nobody talks about
Shut up your mouth
Shame on you, shame

The Birthday Massacre, Kill the LightsThis story's missing a wishing well
No mirror to show and tell
No kiss that can break the spell
I'm falling asleep

Every prince is a fantasy
The witch is inside of me
Her poison will wash away
The memory

Emilie Autumn, RapunzelIn a courtyard
Used to sing as loud as she could
Locked away here
She's been quiet, lovely and good
But no one listens now
She lost her voice
She had no choice

If you sing loud and clear
Someone passing by will surely hear you
No you can't be afraid
If you ever want somebody near you
If you sing loud and clear
Someone passing by will surely hear you
No you can't be afraid

dai, Thank You For Being Borninstrumental

Ego Likeness, You Better Leave The Stars AloneAnd some give us names
And some give us chains
And some just try to give us away in vain
But we might be maidens
We might be Queens
But we are not made to realize your dreams

Anais Mitchell, Flowers (Eurydice's Song)What I wanted was to fall asleep
Close my eyes and disappear
Like a petal on a stream, a feather on the air
Lily white and poppy red
I trembled when he laid me out
You won't feel a thing, he said, when you go down
Nothing gonna wake you now
Dreams are sweet until they're not
Men are kind until they aren't
Flowers bloom until they rot and fall apart
Is anybody listening?
I open my mouth and nothing comes out

Annabelle

Sarah Slean, Playing Cards With Judasi always loved the blues, he says, from behind that grin
are you getting used to losing yet, girl?
i stack and deal them again
all our friends have good intentions,
but they're a thousand years too late
a few buildings and commandments
won't save you from your fate.

i have no missionary zeal, i say,
no armies fighting sin
but i'll keep playing, I'll keep playing
until i win

Will

Lifehouse, Sick Cycle CarouselIf shame had a face I think it would kind of look like mine
If it had a home would it be my eyes?
Would you believe me if I said I'm tired of this
Well here we go now one more time

I tried to climb your steps, I tried to chase you down
I tried to see how low I could get down to the ground
I tried to earn my way, I tried to tame this mind
You better believe that I have tried to beat this

NPCs

Hungry Lucy, High Price of Mistakes (Iris Lin)On the edge, I wait
Hands held tightly…together
Waiting for the name
I wallow in my shame
I played a dangerous game

Hold it all inside, they said
Don’t you speak of this disgrace
(till you’re six feet underground)
People whisper silently
I can’t even show my face
(can you turn your life around)

Don’t think positive
I’ll only crush myself
We just have to learn
In our mistakes we cause concern
But in the end it’s only me who’ll burn

Assemblage 23, How Can You Sleep? (Yamazaki Makoto)A conscience never burdened you
No empathy to slow you down
Others were there for you to use
Like hapless ships you ran aground

How can you sleep?
The world burns at your feet
How can you forsake
The casualties you leave in your wake?

You lied like other people breath
Speaking a twisted lexicon
To get your way by any means
No matter who you tread upon

Silversun Pickups, Catch and Release (Cam Bradley)Do you see?
How the wind in your hair now feels differently
Catch and release
The lure above
Who knows how this feeling grows?
Was it truly worth
Truly worth the starting
Who knows why the engine's blown
hope it's truly worth
Truly worth the parting

Motoi Sakuraba, How Wicked Ruler (Yamazaki Makoto)instrumental

Kaijura Yuki, Aura (Emily Lin)If you are near to the dark
I will tell you 'bout the sun
You are here, no escape
From my visions of the world
You will cry all alone
But it does not mean a thing to me

Knowing the song I will sing
Till the darkness comes to sleep

VNV Nation, Nemesis (Divine Command Edit) (Marissa Lereaux)Everybody wants to live in a lie
But why should we delude ourselves?
It's not as if we can't see something's wrong
Where's the duty to what's right?
Intentions end with empty words
And chaos replaces order

Those who shout loudest impose their will
Upholding laws that serve a few
Declaring peace while the sirens sing
In the name of progress,
In the name of madness
Drum beats faster
Crowd shouts louder
And chaos replaces order

I want justice for a voice that can't be heard
Vindication for every suffering and hurt
Let retribution hold dominion over earth
Because judgement day's not coming Judgement day's not coming
Soon enough

zts, the executioner (the other Demifiend)instrumental

Depeche Mode, A Pain That I'm Used To (Iris Lin)close your eyes, pay the price for your paradise
devils feed on the seeds that are sown

i can't conceal what i feel, what i know is real
no mistaking the faking, i care
with a prayer in the air i will leave it there
on a note full of hope not despair

all this running around, well it's getting me down
just give me a pain that i'm used to
i don't need to believe all the dreams you conceive
you just need to achieve something that rings true

Brand New, The Archers' Bows Have Broken (Cam Bradley)Who do you carry the torch for, my young man?
Do you believe in anything?
Do you carry it around just to burn things to the ground?

What did you learn tonight,
While shouting so loud, you barely joyous, broken thing?
You're a voice that never sings, is what I say.
You were freezing over hell.
You were bringing on the end you do so well.
You can only blame yourself, is what I say.

Relationships

Tori Amos, Winter (Night + her father)I run off where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping Beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice, "You must learn to stand up
For yourself 'cause I can't always be around"

He says, when you going to make up your mind?
When you going to love you as much as I do?
When you going to make up your mind?
'Cause things are going to change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change, my dear

Vienna Teng, Momentum (Masaru Yamazaki/Night)Why am I walking barefoot
Upon this road with no one around
I close my eyes to this decision
The night's like coffee to my tongue
Like waking up without a sound
I map the words out
Maybe you will say them

Would you help me rise up
Touch my face and watch me try to breathe again
Would you let me do this
Burn down the final wall

Akira Yamaoka, Room of Angel (Misha Nikaia + Emily Lin)Perhaps you're happy without me
So many seeds have been sown in the field
And who could sprout up so blessedly
If I had died

I would have never felt sad at all
You will not hear me say I'm sorry
Where is the light
I wonder if it's weeping somewhere

Here's a lullaby to close your eyes (goodbye)
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you to cry (oh well)
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes (goodbye)
Goodbye…
Goodbye…

Heather Dale, Mordred's Lullaby (Michael Lin/Misha Nikaia + Emily Lin)My only son,
each day you grow older,
each moment I'm watching
my vengeance unfold.
The child of my vibe,
the flesh of my soul,
will die in returning
the birthright he stole.

Loyalty… Loyalty… Loyalty…

Hush, child, darkness will rise from the deep,
and carry it out into sleep, child.
Darkness will rise from the deep,
and carry it out into sleep.

Snow Patrol, Run (Freyja Tamm/Will Lawrenson)I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Snow Patrol, Signal Fire (Freyja Tamm/Will Lawrenson)In the confusion and the aftermath
You are my signal fire
The only resolution and the only joy
Is the faint spark of forgiveness in your eyes

There you are standing right in front of me
There you are standing right in front of me
All this fear falls away to leave me naked
Hold me close ‘cause I need you to guide me to safety

Poe, If You Were Here (Freyja Tamm/Will Lawrenson)If you were here
I know that you would
Truly be amazed
At what's become of what you made
If you were here
You would know how I treasured every day
How every single word you spoke
echoes in me like a memory of hope